-hood
state, condition, group
Old English · -hād
Old English -hād makes nouns for a state, a time of life, or a group. Child becomes childhood, brother becomes brotherhood, neighbour becomes neighbourhood (the people living near).
Memory trick
A HOOD covers the head: -hood wraps a person in a state, like childhood.
Words from this root
- childhood (child + hood) — the time of being a childबचपन
- boyhood (boy + hood) — time of being a boyलड़कपन
- girlhood (girl + hood) — time of being a girlबालिका अवस्था
- adulthood (adult + hood) — state of being grown upवयस्क अवस्था
- parenthood (parent + hood) — state of being a parentमाता-पिता होना
- fatherhood (father + hood) — state of being a fatherपिता होना
- brotherhood (brother + hood) — group bound like brothersभाईचारा
- neighborhood (neighbor + hood) — area where neighbours liveपड़ोस
- falsehood (false + hood) — a lie, untruthझूठ
- likelihood (likeli + hood) — probability, chanceसंभावना
- priesthood (priest + hood) — the office of priestsपुरोहिताई
- knighthood (knight + hood) — rank of a knightनाइट की उपाधि